tea

I like to add a little cold water to my boiling hot tea. I think it makes it a little more accessible.

Work

I've been finding that when I have multiple days off from work in a row, each day I progressively find myself feeling happier and more optimistic about life. I really start seeing all the possibilities that my life has to offer, and although I don't WANT to go back to work at this point, I feel wonderful and optimistic, like I can handle anything, even my often very frustrating (when it's not completely mundane) job. And then even after just one day back at work, my mood and positive attitude start to slip. My excitement about the next spate of days off starts to wane and everything seems depressing again. And then by the time I'm faced with another day off, it's sort of wasted because work's put me in such a negative headspace. And then the next day is better, and then it's back to work. And the cycle continues.

To quote Charles Bukowski: (with a slight gender alteration):

"The thought of sitting in front of a man behind a desk and telling him that I wanted a job, that I was qualified for a job, was too much for me. Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn't have you by the throat."

Ducks

I am finding it fairly impossible to get all my ducks in a row. Every time I place one, there's one walking away from the row because someone threw some bread, another one settling down to go to sleep, and just constant quacking everywhere. I really do believe that people who have all their ducks in a row have just sedated the ducks, or their ducks are actually robots, because you can't just line life up like that.